Cutting and punching mechanism for printing-presses.



PATENT-ED MAR. 24, 1908.

I G. H. PIERCE.

CUTTING AND PUNGHING MECHANISM FOR PRINTING PREssEs.

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No. 723,302. PATE'NTED MAR. 24, 1903.

N G. H. PIERCE. CUTTING AND PUNOHING MECHANISM FOR PRINTING PRESSES.

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I G. H. .P'IERGE. CUTTING AND PUNGHING MECHANISM FOR PRINTING PRESSES.

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'MTNESEES- NITED STATES GEORGE H. PIERCE, E MALDFN, MASSACHUSETTS,ASSIGNO-R TO NEW'ERA MACHINERY COMPANY, or BOSTON,'MASSAGHUSETTS, ACORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

CUTTING AND PUNCl-HNG MECHANISM Fen PRINTING-Possess.

SPECIFIGATIONforming part of Letters Patent No. 723,302, dated March 24,1903. V

Application filed January 2, 1902. Serial No- 88t01Z. (No model.)

To all whom it'may concern.-

I Be it known that I, GEO GE H. PIERCE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Malden, in the county of Middlesex and State of"Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Outting'andPunching Mechanism for Printing-Presses; of which the following is aspecification This invention relates to mechanism for cuttingandpunching tickets from a web of paper as it is intermittently fed througha printing-press after the printing upon said paper has been finished.

The invention is particularly adapted to be used in connection with theclass of printing presses set forth in tho'United States LettersPatentto E. G. Jones and F. L. Jones, Ticketprinting machine, No.640,568, dated -January 2, 1900, and also in connection with animprovement upon said .machinefor which I have this day made applicationfor United States Letters Patent. V

The object of the invention is to provide a mac-hinefor cutting orpunching a strip of paper which shall be practical, simple, strong, anddurable, and easily adjusted;

The invention consists of a main frame, an auxiliary frame adjustable onsaid main frame, a cutteractuating mechanism supported on said auxiliaryframe, said cutteractuatlng mechanism being'operated by a cam adjustablelengthwise of the shaft by view of the same.

which it is rotated and adjusted upon said shaft simultaneously with theadjustment of the auxiliary frame on the main frame.

- The invention again consists in certain improved "mechanisms foractuating a reciprocatory cutter.

The invention still further consists in the combination and arrangementof parts set forth in the following specification and particularlypointed out in the claims thereof.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l-is a side elevation of a portion ofa, printing-press with my improved cutting and punching mechanismattached thereto. Fig. 2 is a plan Fig. 3 is an and elevation of thecutting mechanism, together witha portion of the frame. Fig. 4 is a sideeleva- "view of the female punch.

tion of the mechanism shown in Fig.3.. Fig. 5o 5 is a section taken online 5 5 of Fig. 3. Fig.

6 is a section taken on line 6 6 of Fig. '3. Fig.

7 is a section similar to Fig; 5, illustrating a V-shaped knife attachedto the reciprocator'y slide. Fig. 8 is an enlarged detail plan of theV-shaped reciprocatory knife. Fig. 9 is a planview of the stationaryV-shaped knife. Fig. 10 is a section similar to Fig. 5, showing a maleand female punch instead of the cutting-knives. Fig. 1 l is an enlargedplan view in detail of themale punch. Fig. 12 is aplan Fig. 13 is adetail view of a web of paper, illustrating the manner in which said webof paper is cut and punched by the machine of this invention.

Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views of thedrawings.

Inthe drawings, 10'is a portion of the main bed-frameof aprinting-press. I llisan auxiliaryframe adjustablyfastened to said mainframe by a clamp-plate 12 andbolts 13. The main driving-shaft 14: has abearingin a bracket 15, fast to the main frame 10, and also rotates inbearings 16, formed in the arms 17 17, said arms being integral with 7 5the auxiliary frame 11. The cam 18 is splined to the shaft lei androtates between the bearings l6 l6. Said camis adapted to be movedlengthwise of the shaft 14: when the auxiliary frame 11 is adjustedlengthwise of the main 8o bed-frame 10, the opposite faces of said camhearing against the adjacent faces of the --bearings 16.,

The cam 18 is rotated in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 3, and engagesa roll 19, journaled upon a pin 20, which passes v through and is su arm21. l

The forked rocker-arm 21 is pivotei upon a stud22, fast to the arms17upon the aux-' iliary frame 11. The pin 20also passes through the forkedconnection 23, said connection being connected by ascre'w-threadedadjustable rod 24 and pin 26 to a lever 25, the rod 24: and forked piece23 for-minga link ported by a forked rocker- 37, which connectstherocker-arm 21 to the lever 25. The lever 25 is pivoted at 27 to abracket 28,fast to theauxiliary frame 11 and is supported bya spring 29,one end of which .bears against s'aid lever, the other against across-bar 30, fastto the auxiliary frame 11.

A reciprocatory slide 31 is adapted to move up and down in vertical ways32, formed in the auxiliary frame 11, and is connected to the lever by alink A cutter34 is fastened to the reciprocatory slide 31 by screws andcoacts with a station'arycutter 36, fast to the auxiliary frame 11 byrcrews,

The operation of the, cutting mechanism hereinbefore described is asfollows: The cam 18 is given a rotary motion by the shaft 14 in thedirection of the arrow, Fig. 3. Said cam encounters the roll 19 andforces thetsame toward the leftin said Fig. 3, rocking the rocker-arm 21toward the left in said figure, together with the lower end of the link37, and drawing the lever 25 downwardly, compressing the spring 29 andforcing the reciprocatory slide 31, together with the cutter 34,downwardly by means of the link connecting said lever and slide untilthe cutting edge 01. tile-cutter 34 passes by the knife 36 and severe aportion of the strip of paper which has previously been fed between saidknives from the main body of said strip.

In Figs. 1 and 2 I have indicated three mechanisms 38, 39, and 40,similar to that hereinbeforedescribed. The mechanism '40 is theduplicate in every respect of the cutting mechanismhereinbeforedescribed, and particularly illustrated in Figs. 3, 4, 5,and 6. The mechanism 38 is the duplicate in every respect of themechanism 40,'except that in place of thereciprocatory cutter 34 and thestationary cutter 36 a reciprocatory V-shaped knife 44 and astationaryV-shaped knife 45 are respectively substituted. The mechanism39. is the duplicate in every respect of the mechanism 40, except thatin place of the reciprocatory cutter 34 and stationary cutter 36 aresubstituted, respectively, a male punch 46 and a stationary female punchor die 47. The web of paper 48, Fig. 13, has a V-shaped portion cuttherefrom at 49 by the V-shaped cutters 44 and 45 when it arrives at themechanism 38. It is then fed forward to the mechanism 39 and has a hole50 of any desirable shape punched therefrom by the punch 46 and punch ordie 47. next feed the mechanism 40 severe the ticket from the web ofpaper along the line 51 by means of the cutters 34 and 36. In order thatthe hole punched in the ticket may be varied in position or in orderthat the location of the V-shaped piece cut from the strip may be variedand also'in order that the distance between the cuts of the cutters 34and 36, and consequently the length of the tickets, may be varied, theauxiliary frame of either the slitting or punching mechanism or, ifdesired, of the cutting mechanism, together with the machinery thereon,is moved lengthwise of the bed of the main frame 10 by loosening up theclamp-bolts 13 and sliding the auxiliary frame to the desired location.

' When this is done, the arms 17 carry the cam Upon the 18, heldtherebetween, lengthwise of the shaft 14, the spline 41 movingtherewithv along a keyway 42, cut in the shaft 14. When the frame hasbeen moved to the desired location, the clamp-bolts 13 are tightened,bringing the clamp-plates 12 against the flanges 43 43 upon the mainframe 10, and thus securely fastening the auxiliary frame thereto.

, Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire byLetters Patent to secure, is

1. In a machine for cutting tickets from a web of paper, a main frame,an auxiliary frame adjustable on-said main frame, longi' tudinally ofsaid web of paper, a cutter-actuating mechanism supported upon saidauxiliary frame, a rotary shaft journaled on said main frame, a cam onsaid shaft adjustable lengthwise thereof and operativel y connected tosaid cutter mechanism, and means fast to said auxiliary frame to engagesaid cam; all so constructed and arranged that when said auxiliary frameand cutter mechanism are adjusted a certain distance longitudinally ofsaid web of paper, said cam will be adjusted a likedistancelongitudinally of said shaft.

2 In a machine'for cutting tickets from a web of paper, a main frame, anauxiliary frame adjustable on said mainframe, longitudinally'of said webof paper, a stationary cutter and a movable cutter supported upon saidauxiliary frame, a rotary shaft journaled on said mainframe, a cam onsaid shaft adjustable lengthwise thereof and operatively connected tosaid movable cutter, mechanism supported upon said adjustable auxiliaryframe operated by said cam and actuating said movable cutter, and meansfast to said auxiliary frame to engage said cam; all so constructed andarranged that when said auxiliary frame and cutter mechanism areadjusted a certain distance longitudinally of said web of paper, saidcam will be adjusted a like distance longitudinally of said shaft.

3. In a machine for cutting tickets from a web of paper, a main frame arotary shaft journaled upon said main frame, a cam splined to said shaftand adjustable longitudinallythereof, and an auxiliary frame adjustableon said main frame, longitudinally of said web of paper, and engagingopposite faces of said cam; all so constructed and arranged that whensaid auxiliary frame is adjusted a certain distance longitudinally ofsaid web of paper, said cam will be adjusted a like distancelongitudinally of said shaft.

4. In a machine forcutting tickets from a webof paper, a main frame, arotary shaft, a cam splined to said shaft and adjustable longitudinallythereof, and an auxiliary frame adjustable on said maih frame,longitudinally of said web of paper, and having bearings thereon inwhich said shaft is journaled, said bearings engaging opposite faces ofsaid cam; all soconstructed and arranged that when said auxlliary frameis adjusted a certain distance longitudinally of said web of paper, saidcam will be adjusted Lance longitudinally of said shaft. V 5. In amachine for cutting tickets-from a,

a like} a ifsr fiveb of paper, a mainframe, a rotary shaftv jonrnalcdupon said main ,frame, :a cam 'splined to saidshaft andad'justablelongitu5 dinally thereof, an auxiliary frame, adjustable onsaid main fra'me, longitudinally of said web of paper and engagingopposite facesof said cam, a stationary cutter .fast to said auxiliaryframe, a; reciprocatory slide, a cutter fast to said slide, and inechanism supported upon said adjustable auxiliary frame, operated by saidcam, to impart mo-. 1 -tion to'said reciprocatory slide; all socon-I ofpaper,a stationary and a movable-cutter upon each of saidauxiliaryframes, mechanismsupporb ed upon each of said auxiliaryframes to actuatesaid movable cutters, a seriesof cams s'plinedto said shaft, and armsupon said aux iliaryframes engaging opposite faces of each V of saidcams; .all so constructed andarranged that when said auxiliary framesand cutter mechanisms are adjusted a certain distance longitudinally ofsaid web of paper, said cams will be adjusted a like distance longitudi?Daily 05 said shaft.

. luttestimo'ny whereof have hereunto set my hand in presence oftwosubseribing wit nesses. i v t GEORGE H. HEROE- Witnesses:

CHARLES S. GOODING, WILLIAM'CLAUS,

journaled upon 'saidmain frame,-a-'series of i auxiliary framesadjustable 'on said main V frame, longitudinally of said web

